Family Name: Moraceae
Botanical Name(s): Artocarpus Heterophyllus
Popular Name(s): Jackfruit, Jakfruit
Parts Used: Seeds, jackfruit, leaves
Habitat: Rainforests of India.
Description: The largest tree borne fruit in the world, jackfruits can sometimes weigh over 75 lbs. Average sized fruits are 1-2 feet long, and 9-12" wide. Skin is green-yellow, with small spiky knobs; flesh is custard yellow with a banana-like flavor.
Uses: The leaves are useful in fever, boils, wounds and skin diseases. The young fruits are acrid, astringent, carminative and tonic. The ripe fruits are sweet, coolong, laxative, aphrodiasiae and tonic. The wood is nervine, sedative and is useful on convulsions. The latex is useful in dysopia, opthalmities and pharyngitis.